Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

मूर्छाम् अवाप्य महतीं संस्पृष्टो बाह्यवायुना विज्ञानभ्रंशम् आप्नोति जातस् तु मुनिसत्तमाः //

Translation

Ang talatang ito ay may bilang na “16” lamang at walang tekstong Sanskrit, kaya hindi maisasalin ang kahulugan nito.

Word by Word

• mūrchām: fainting, swoon
• mūrchām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• avāpya: having obtained/undergone
• avāpya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (धातु)
• Form: Ktvānta (Absolutive/Gerund, ल्यप्), indeclinable; pūrvakāla-kriyā (prior action)

• mahatīm: great, severe
• mahatīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); viśeṣaṇa of mūrchām

• saṃspṛṣṭaḥ: touched
• saṃspṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-spṛś (धातु)
• Form: Kta-pratyaya (Past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; karmaṇi-bhāva (one who has been touched)

• bāhya-vāyunā: by the outside air
• bāhya-vāyunā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāhya + vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular); karmadhāraya: bāhyaḥ vāyuḥ (external air)

• vijñāna-bhraṃśam: loss of awareness
• vijñāna-bhraṃśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vijñāna + bhraṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: vijñānasya bhraṃśaḥ (loss of consciousness/knowledge)

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana, Parasmaipada

• jātaḥ: born
• jātaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: Kta-pratyaya (Past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; used as adjective/substantive

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle), adversative/emphatic

• muni-sattamāḥ: O best of sages
• muni-sattamāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Sambodhana/Prathamā Bahuvacana (Vocative/Nominative plural); sambodhana in context: “O best of sages”; tatpuruṣa: munīnāṃ sattamaḥ

Speaker

• Narrator addressing sages (explicit vocative: munisattamāḥ)